MOUNT VERNON — Potato farmers in a Washington county suffered big losses after they were unable to harvest some of their crops due to early and heavy rainfall.
Skagit County farmers were unable to harvest an estimated 3 square miles of potatoes in the fall with losses valued between $5 million and $10 million, The Skagit Valley Herald reported Saturday.
Don McMoran of the Washington State University Skagit County Extension said farmers often do not harvest some land each season, but a loss of that size is rare.
Farmers are also worried about the condition of potatoes they harvested that are sitting in storage, McMoran said.